Anyone else think Mittens is going to drop out?

[JanMichael]

Of course it will be "for his family...the stress, the strain...."...pretty much that whole Republican drill---

But, what happens if he does?

[mainstreetonce]

1. Sarah makes her move

LoL

[madokie]

34. LOL is right

I've got a better chance than word salad sarah does. I talk with a slow southern drawl that will put an audience right to sleep. I'd be a shoo-in no doubt
Hell when I was in boot camp I'd have 20 maybe 30 guys around me at night listening to every word I'd say or thats what I thought then one day I realized they were just listening to my voice not what I was saying.

[handmade34]

2. yes

have had that theory for weeks now... (he will drop out to save face but it will be the powers behind him that force him out)

[randome]

4. If there were 'powers' behind him, he would have been vetted.

I keep saying this but I think it's relevant.

PNAC was a coup in the Republican party.
Bush, Jr. is now toxic to the GOP.
Palin was not vetted.
Romney was not vetted.

See the pattern? The GOP truly is drying up and blowing away. We just need to make sure it happens faster.

[The Wielding Truth]

3. Ron Paul?

[ArnoldLayne]

5. I think Mittens needs to drop out for the good of his "Party" lol

[DavidDvorkin]

6. If he does, what happens to his delegates?

Could we see Newt as the candidate? Or one of the others who were still standing near the end?

The Powers That Be in the GOP would rather see someone stronger than any of those, I'm sure.

[nc4bo]

7. He's so used to being head cheese.....the head cheese..

they'll have to manually extract him, he will not go quietly into the night. He's had his eyes on this prize for a long time, probably.

Good Luck and have lots of fun GOP!!

[msongs]

8. no = he represents the repub brand, values, content, philosophy etc and dropping out will mean

all that is also a failure

[enough]

19. +1 (nt)

[AC_Mem]

9. I wonder that as well

There is so much money in this, he has sold his soul to the corporate gods.

If he knows that Obama is going to reveal information that will be devestating, he may drop out. On the other hand, would the GOP billionaires pump money into his campaign if they knew he was potentially unelectable?

The coming weeks and months are going to be history making. Stay strong Team Obama! WE GOT THIS!

[Booster]

42. I think they're going to steal the election. Worked before & nobody did anything about it.

[C_U_L8R]

10. Maybe tossed out...

I don't see how the GOPowers
can stand for much more incompetance
from the Mitt team - he will drag down
all their congressional and local races
with him

[coalition_unwilling]

12. That's it in a nutshell, imo. The down-ballot Repigs have to

starting to worry that Mitt will drag them down with hem, a la LBJ 1964.

They are letting him slowly twist and dangle in the wind (Ed Gillespie notwithstanding) and I think that's pretty telling.

[oldhippydude]

11. really doubt it at this point

none of the clowns in the primary are ready for prime time....Jeb has the Bush surname and is radioactive... and Chris Christie is one cheeseburger short of a coronary..

[longship]

13. Nope! Will not happen.

Nothing short of a real scandal will get him out. And here's the important point. The Republicans do not see this Bain stuff as a scandal at all.

So, it just isn't going to happen, at least not on this.

[PSPS]

17. Stericycle

[longship]

32. Probably not either.

Remember, IOKIYAR. He'd take a hit, but there is no way Repubs are going to pull Mitt for anything other than something very big. He'll just say, "Wadn't me. Wadn't me. Wadn't me." and the vast portion of Repub voters will believe it.

[PSPS]

46. You're probably right about Stericycle. Hypocrisy is their main currency, plus Romney isn't black.

[Politicalboi]

14. What a shame

And it's "their" turn too.

I don't think he will drop out. His party is full of stupid people who vote against themselves. These same people who think a black preacher saying "God damn America" is worse than taking someone's pension away from them.
GOP's new motto:
"It's the stupid, stupid!"

[Raven]

15. I do. "Leisurely weekend" in NH did it for me.:-)

[JanMichael]

21. yep

Seems to me that he's holed up with the wife, talking. I really believe her illness will be used as the excuse. I would like to reiterate that I do not consider MS to be a "excuse," nor would I ever make fun of someone with it.

Ever. I just think that's what will be released. Then they'll be free and clear to enjoy watching their horse at the Olympics.

[gollygee]

16. No way

He's in it.

[tanyev]

18. Nope. If he goes, it's because he's getting dragged off kicking and screaming.

[Warren Stupidity]

20. Nope. He is surrounded by YesMen and will plow forward.

He's the Mormon Golden Boy. Everything has always gone his way. No way he drops out.

[randome]

27. Maybe HE is surrounded by 'Yes' men, but his political supporters in MSM are pissed at him.

I think he will drop out. I hope it's not just yet but I'll take it whenever it occurs.

[kentuck]

22. Nope.

They just have to find a way to put Obama on the defensive. That is the name of their game. Keep your opponent on the defense.

[lunatica]

23. The Republicans are beginning to realize they may have already lost the election

People who won't vote for Obama will just stay home.

That makes me happy.

[HopeHoops]

24. He's not intelligent enough to do that. He just needs to go down in flames and blame the media.

[Solomon]

25. Im fifty fifty on it. He's about to be humilated something

fierce. Something he loves doing to other people. I'm not sure he can handle that. Especially with Obama being the buttkicker.

[JanMichael]

35. exactly

I don't think he can handle it either. At all.

[rufus dog]

26. two weeks ago I would have thought you were nuts to suggest that

Along with the talk about a brokered convention.

Today I would still say no, but with a pause.

[livetohike]

28. No. The GOP doesn't have anyone else in the wings to mount

a Presidential campaign this late in the game. Sarah Palin has the name recognition, but it's all bad for her and I'm sure there is plenty of opposition research on her now after four years. The other also-rans in the primary are bigger losers than Romney.

[Ruby the Liberal]

29. He will retroactively never run.

Mitt isn't a quitter like Sarah.

Heh.

[Blue_In_AK]

30. No, he won't,

unless he's forced, which seems unlikely. The guy's too full of himself to drop out.

[panader0]

31. I don't think he'll drop out

But I do think he'll be constipated until after the election. His ass is puckered up so tight right now.......

[2pooped2pop]

33. This is why I was so pissed at Edwards when he was seeking

the dem nom in 08. He knew he had baggage and he was too full of himself and his entitled life to think it would come out. It always comes out.
If he had not been outed when he was, he very well may have gotten the dem. nomination. Then this kind of shit would be happening to us.
Romney was just as big a fool to think his shit don't stink either.

Of course it's very funny happening to them but would have been a disaster to the country if it had happened to us in 08

But no, I don't think Romney will go quietly away and let them replace him. He is too used to getting what he wants with his money.

[mahina]

36. I bet he never really thought he'd get this far along.

Nice going, GOP primary. This is what happens when you have a bunch of troglodytes running. He probably never thought he'd look like the best idea they had.

[bowens43]

37. not a chance. He thinks he's entitled to be the president.

it's his, it's owed to him etc

[Graybeard]

39. Ann said exactly that.

In a recent interview Ann Romney said, "It's our turn."

[xchrom]

38. 50/50.

He wants the prez for his personal brand.

But if his personal brand is taken down?

[SDjack]

40. Yes, he will drop out. His explanation: Ann can't take the continuous bombardment of hatred from

the DEMs. He will say nothing about the contents of his tax files. rMoney may try to swing his delegates to Paul Ryan, but I think the convention will blow wide open. I previously thought this was a DEM mistake to press rMoney this hard, but the Obama Campaign has done such a good job in strategy that I think they see something beyond what I see. Maybe if the GOP convention explodes, they are reduced to hand-to-hand combat, and they are very bitter about the final selection, that could deliver a filibuster proof DEM Senate and a DEM House. All of that possible because rMoney overplayed his hand.

[Baitball Blogger]

41. They would be smarter to save their money for the next election.

[Kalidurga]

43. It is more likely he will get kicked out...

Republicans are really starting to hate him now. But, that doesn't even matter. I don't see him standing a chance in even one swing state. He will lose and everyone knows it now. Well except for the loonatic 28%, that will always be with us.

[Nye Bevan]

44. According to intrade, he still has about a 40% chance of becoming President.

Even after all the most recent revelations.

So no way.

[CK_John]

45. Been posting that for a while. It's Pataki time.